Cape Town – Cabinet has appointed the new director-general of the Department of Higher Education weeks after former DG Gwebinkudla Qonde was suspended from the department.Qonde and Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande were later embroiled in a legal battle after the former challenged his suspension from the department.Nzimande, when he suspended Qonde two months ago, said this was based on the disclaimer of the Auditor-General Tsakani Maluleke.
Qonde had been in the department for more than a decade and was part of it when it was formally separated from basic education to form two different departments of education. This had followed a resolution of the ANC in Polokwane in 2007 that education must be split into two. When the new administration took over in 2009 higher education and basic education became standalone departments with two ministers.But the former DG said the suspension was unlawful and he lost his bid in court.
The former DG was suspended in July and he took the matter to the Labour Court in August, but the ruling went against him in September.
What a task! Southafrica has one of the world’s worst education systems (The Economist). The WEF placed SA 137th out of 139 countries for the overall quality of its education system. 'Only 4/100 kids will pass maths in high school – with a grade of 50% or higher.”
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